migrants

Tunisian police used tear gas on hundreds of demonstrators as they clashed when protesters tried to reach the southern island of Djerba where the 18th Francophonie summit is due to take place. The crowds were trying to establish the fate…

The United States has extended its Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for citizens of six countries, including Haiti and three Central American nations to mid-2024.

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned on Sunday the "heinous murder of at least 15 migrants and asylum seekers" in the Libyan city of Sabratha (west), calling for "bringing the perpetrators to justice". Fifteen…

The World Health Organisation says millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, especially where living and working conditions are sub-standard. The global health…

Rwandan opposition figure Victoire Ingabire reacted to the cancellation of the first flight that was supposed to carry the first group of illegal migrants from the United Kingdom to Rwanda. Ingabire, whose party is not recognised by the…

Over 90 migrants, mostly Venezuelans and Ecuadorians, were detained by Panamanian police after trying to enter the country by boat, Panama's National Border Service (SEAFRONT) said on Thursday. The group, 92 in total, was the largest…

The U.S. government has extended a pandemic-era policy that has largely prevented migrants in Mexico from seeking asylum in the United States for over two years. An eleventh-hour decision by a federal judge in Louisiana on Friday made it…

Libyan security forces in the country's western region says they have detained 300 migrants in the last week and 3,000 in the past three months. The arrests come as attempted sea crossings from Libya to Europe are expected to increase in…

After the UNHCR, it is from the Church of England that condemnation came Sunday. In his Easter homily, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby deemed that "sub-contracting responsibilities, even to a country that seeks to do well like…

Hundreds of South Africans and migrants staged an anti-xenophobia rally in response to marches against migrants by the self-styled 'Operation Dudula' movement. 'Dudula means drive back in the Zulu language. The anti-migrant sentiment…